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SLANG EXPRESSION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slang expression mean?
• SLANG EXPRESSION (noun)
The noun SLANG EXPRESSION has 1 sense:
1. informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar
Familiarity information: SLANG EXPRESSION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
slang; slang expression; slang term
Context example:
their speech was full of slang expressions
Hypernyms ("slang expression" is a kind of...):
non-standard speech (speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community)
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